Rail support and fastener.



I. FAGER.

RAIL SUPPORT AND FASTBNER.

A PPLIOATION FILED D110. 18. 1911.

1,045,269, Patented'Nov. 26, 191.2.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 18, 1911. Serial No. 666,321.

Patented Nov. 26, 1912.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Beit known that- I, JAMES FAGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dixon, in the county of Lee and State of Illinois, liaveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Supports and F asten-v ers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means :tor supporting and fastening rails which are to be used for traction or other purposes, either Where the rail is supported on ties, as is usually the case withl steam `railroads, or where the rails are supported upon a continuous cement or concrete foundation, as is frequently the case with streetrailroads in large cities.

The object of the invention is to provide a strong solid and cheap foundation for the rails, and to produce fasteners, connected with the foundation, which are inexpensive and by rmeans of which the rails may be q uickly and strongly clamped to the foundal tlon, or may be easily removed therefrom.

Figure 1 of the accompanying-drawings isa planfview of one embodiment'of my invention. Fig. 2vis a section of Fig. 1 along the lines 2. Fig. 3 is a section along the lines 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rail fasteners, and Fig. 5 is an inverted perspective view of a cam colla-r used in fasteners.

In this embodiment of my invention I.l

nary mannen'from'one rail to the other, and

to which the rail is clamped by the fasteners. In Fig. 1 a portion only of the tie is shown.

The tie l is composed of cement or conl crete reinforced'by the bar 2, said bar bein T-shaped in cross-section, and having bon ing perforations therein. The fasteners 3 may be'formed from bar iron or other suitable material and have on their lower ends hooks 4 which pass through perforations in the base 2 of the bar 2, and are embedded vwith the bar in the cement. The upper end of each of these fasteners has a shoulder 5 which is flush with the upper surface of the cement. Each fastener hasalso a projection 7 which extends over the upper surface of the flange or foot 8 of the rail 9. This pro- .jection has a taper 10 rising'toward its outer end to fit the ordinary taper on the lfoot of connection with r one of Athe the rail. The height of this projection is such that the foot of the rail will ordinarily not press against the upright portion of the fastener, but will be wedged under the projection. A tie plate 17 is placed between the rail and the cement.

The fastener 11 is'located on the side of the `rail opposite lthe other fasteners; its lower end is bent andV passes ihrough an opening 12 in the reinforcing bar, and is riveted therein. The upper end is threaded', and is of sufficient length to receive the cam collar 13 and to secure the collar by means of the nut 14. This collar consists of a cam portion 15 and a flange 16. When placed on .the fastener, the iiange is adapted to project over the foot of the' rail and hold it firmly downward, while the cam is adapted,'when the collar is rotated, to push against the edge of the rail foo-t and push the rail lirmly against the opposite fasteners. j is also tapered onv its lower surface so as to tit the upper surface 4of the footof the rail. The collar'is firmly pressed downward by means of the nut 14 when therail has been pushed against the opposite fasteners bythe cam.

i `In order to fix the rail in posit-ion it is necessary only to slip'the rail in place with its foot under the projections of the fasten- -jirsvv,u place the collars and nuts on the fasteners Ilwturn thev col-laram tightly -againstthe rail by means of an ordinary pipe wrench, or by any other suitable means, one of which may be a bar placed between the rail and the cam surface; and then tighten sufciently the nut. To remove the rail lthe nuts and collars fastening the rail may be'gquickly removed and the-rail llifted from its place.

The rail support may be made of indi'- vidual ties or the entire foundation may be a continuous body of cement or concrete with the reinforcing bars placedgiat suitable distances apart. In either case, tie plates 17 may be placed under the rail on the support, the fasteners 3 projecting through the plates, as indicated in Fig. 1, the fasteners 11 passing through perforations in the plates.

In the present embodiment of the invention I have placed open slots 18 in the edge of the tie plate so that the tie plate may be quicklyv placed over the fasteners. Where. individual ties areused the tie'plates' may have anges 19 adapted to embrace the tie ioo so that the plates may be more conveniently positioned.

I do not limit myself to the details of construction herein shown, for various modifications within the scope of the 'claims will occur to those skilled in the art.

' vI claim as my invention:

l. The combination of a rail support and rail fasteners, comprising a body of cement, a reinforcing Lbar embedded in and extendingV longitudinally through said body, said bar having perforations therethrough, one of said rail fasteners having its lower end hooked through one of said perforations and the other end having a projection on each edge, one of 4`said projections adapted to rest on the upper surface of a rail foot; and a second rail fastener comprising a screw hook bolt, one end of said bolt being hooked into one ofthe said perforations in said reinforcing bar, the other adapted to clamp said rail-- to the surface of the concretebody, the respective fasteners being positioned on opposite sides of the rail.

2. The combination of a rail support and fasteners comprising a body of concrete, a reinforcingbar embedded in and extending longitudinally through said concrete, said bar having perforations therein; two rail fasteners, the lower end of each of said fasteners embedded in said concrete and passing through a perforation in the flange tenerspositioned adjacent to each other on opposite sides of said bar; anda third fastener with'one end embedded in said concrete, spaced from said first mentioned fasteners to allow a rail therebetween; the

lower end of said third fastener hooked into and a flange on said collar adapted to clampv said rail foot downward against said con-v crete surface. 4 Y

3. The combination of a rail support and vrail fasteners comprising a body, of cement; a T-sbape reinforcing bar embedded in and extending longitudinally Within said body; two .rail 4fasteners connected to the horizontaL web ofthe T-shape bar and 'immovably embedded 'in the cement, and each having a wedging head adapted .to overhang. one side of the foot of a rail; and a rail fastener having a stem connected Vto the vertical web of the T-shape bar and immovably embedded in the cement; a collar on said stein adapted to overhang the'other'side -of the foot ofthe rail; and means to secure said collar on said Stem. J

In testimony. whereof I atiix my signature in pr'esenqe of two witnesses.

JAMES FAGER. Witnessesi: I

F. E. STITELEY,

AS'rrrELnY.

' essing the Commissioner of Eatents," 

